Tourist&#39;s stool.



No. 669,497. Patented Mar. l2, I9Dl. A. ADLER. TOURISTS STOOL.

(App1icn. tion filed July 19, 1900.) (No Model.)

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A TTORNEY TATES ATENT FFICE.

TOURISTS STOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,497, dated March 12, 1901.

Application filed July 19, 1900. Serial No. 24,211. \No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTA ADLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at 409 C street, in the city of Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tourists Stools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to stools or seats used by tourists and by persons at picnics, in camp, on excursions, and at places of outdoor amusements, where an improvised seat will afford rest and comfort to the individual.

The object of my invention is to provide such a seat made light and strong and which can be reduced to a small compact package to be easily carried on the person and be set up wherever a seat is desired. I attain this object by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents the frame of the stool set up, the cushioned packing bag being omitted. Fig. 2 represents the stool as set up for a child, with the cushioned packing-bag detached and above the seat. Fig. 3 represents thestool set up complete for the use of an adult. Fig. 4. is a view of the under side of the seat of the stool, showing its spiderframe construction. Fig. 5 is a top View of the foot or tripod of the stool. Fig. 6 is a view of the two sections of the tubular standard which supports the seat onthe tripod. Fig. 7 is a View of the seat-frame taken apart and packed together for transportation, and Fig. 8 represents the cushioned packing-bag as it appears with the seat'packed therein.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts in the several views.

My stool comprises a thin disk-shaped seat 1, made of suitable material, preferably round and perforated. The seat rests on a spiderlike frame 2, having a multiple of arms 3 3. The seat is attached to the spider by means of screws, rivets, or other means 4 4. The spider is made with a smooth hole at its center, into which is fitted a tubular standard made in two sections 5 and 6. The two sections of this tubular standard are fitted together with a neat telescope joint, as seen at 7. The lower end of the standard is fitted into a socket in the center of the tripod .footpiece 8. A cushion 9, fitted to the seat, completes the stool as a comfortable and useful article.

The socket-joints being neatly fitted, the several parts can be easily put together and taken apart. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 illustrate the several parts put together, forming the stool as set up for use. A low stool for the use of a child is obtained by taking out the upper section 5 of the tubular standard and using only the lower section 6.

The seat spider is made with rounded notches in the arms, as seen at 10, over which is fitted a spring 11. These notches and springs are so made as to admit and clamp the two sections of the tubular standard. The stool is packed by taking the several pieces apart and slipping the two sections of the tubular standard under the springs and into the notches of the spider and placing above them the tripod, as shown in Fig. 7. It is to be observed that a cylindrical extension 12 from the under side of the tripod fits into the socket of the spider 2, and thus forms a stable compact union of the several parts thus put together in the knockdown. They are then placed into the cushioned packingbag 9. This bag, it will be observed, is provided with a draw-string 13, hemmed into the bottom edge. After the seat-frame is packed into the bag the mouth is drawn together by means of this string and the seat is reduced to a round flattened cushioned package. The draw-string is then passed through a small loop 14 on the opposite side of the bag and at the edge of the seat, all of which is illustrated in Fig. 8. The string may then be hung on the arm or to a hook or button on the clothing of the person and carried with ease. The loop 14. being at the edge of the seat will cause the package to rest with flat and cushioned side against the person.

The frame of the stool is preferably to be made of aluminium, though other suitable materials may be used in its construction.

I am not limited to the proportions and details shown in the drawings, but reserve the right to vary them as may be most practicable in the construction of my invention.

The packing-bag makes a comfortable cushion for the stool and gives it the appearance of a neatly-upholstered piece of furniture suitable for a home as well as for tourists use.

Having thus described myinvention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A tourists stool comprising a spiderframe, having spring-controlled cavities to receive portions of a knockdown stand ard, a seat attached to said frame, a sectional standard whose upper end supports the spider-frame; a base-piece supporting the standard, and a cushion packing-bag to cover and inclose said stool, substantially as de scribed.

2. A tourists stool comprising a sectional standard, a base to support said standard, a seat supported on said standard and having a part thereof formed with cavities to receive the standard and a part of the base, a spring for holding the standard in place, and a packing-bag to fit over and secure the several parts in a compact package, substantially as described.

3. A tourists stool comprising the spiderframe formed with a central socket to receive the end of astandard when upright and with a cavity to receive the standard in a knockdown position, means for holding the standard in said cavity, a base to support the standard and formed with an extension to fit in the socket of the spider-frame in the knockdown condition of the stool, a seat portion to the frame, and means for secu ring the several parts together in their knockdown condition, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTA ADLER.

Witnesses:

E. R. YORK, G. W. BULLARD. 

